HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-01-25, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2007. PAGE 3.
Happy Birthday to Fred Hakkers
who will celebrate on Saturday, Jan.
27.
Some of the broomball players
travelled to Mildmay this past
weekend for a broomball
tournament.
Harold Campbell is a patient in
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener
(formerly K-W Hospital. We wish
him a speedy recovery.
Due to the stormy weather last
Monday there was no euchre at the
Legion. The next euchre will be Jan.
29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Legion Hall.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, Jan. 21 were Joan Clark
and Myrtle Badley. Guest organist
was Nancy Park. Ushering were
Brenda Brooks, Elaine Brown, Rob
and Karen Bernard. The flowers in
the church were placed by Margaret
Kai in loving memory of her
husband Don.
Special attention was paid to the
theme of Women’s Day Out which is
Hooked on Hobbies. Everyone was
asked to start making something
they enjoyed for the Penny Sale.
The Call to Worship was repeated
responsively followed by the Prayer
of Approach which was repeated in
unison.
The children’s hymn was This is
God’s Wondrous World. The
children came to the front of the
church during the singing of the last
verse.
Mr. Dave Williams then had the
children all sit on a blanket at the
front and he gave each child a piece
of a puzzle. When the puzzle was
put together it was a picture of a
body.
He asked the children if they knew
anyone with missing parts and asked
them to remember how difficult it
was for them to function as a normal
person.
In the bible Paul says that the
church is like the body.
Bryce Glousher held the Christ
candle to be lit and took it
downstairs for Sunday school.
The choir’s anthem was In My
Heart There Rings a Melody. Psalm
19 was read responsively. The
lectionary scriptures were Nehemiah
8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 and Luke 4: 14-21.
Mr. Williams’ message to the
congregation was Self Discovery.
Jesus knew who He was. He
delivered the good news to the poor
and it was not always the way the
Jewish people would have liked.
He told the story of a naturalist
and a chicken farmer. The chicken
farmer had raised a baby eagle as a
chicken and the naturalist said it was
still an eagle. It took three tries for
the naturalist to prove it was still an
eagle. He took the eagle away to the
top of a mountain and told the eagle
to fly.
The eagle circled a couple of
times and then flew away. The eagle
was raised as as chicken but was still
an eagle.
“We need to be like the eagle and
soar to new heights and to reach out
to others and show them that we are
a church of great love,” he said.
Everyone was invited to stay and
help the Sunday school to celebrate
all of the January birthdays.
It was good news presented toNorth Huron council whenrepresentatives from Blyth Festival
attended the Monday night meeting
to give an annual report.
Eric Coates, artistic director,
talked of the upcoming season, “the
season of exceptional women”.
“With the majority of our ticket
buyers being women, we feel they
will relate to these plays, which are
about rural women dealing with
tough choices.”
Also on the playbill is the return of
Stompin’ Tom. This is being
scheduled “deliberately outside of
the regular season” to coincide with
the annual Thresher Reunion in
Blyth in September.
The Festival has been challenged
with marketing to groups because
the work they produce are new and
untried. “A project like Tom is
proven and we can count on the
sales.”
With the Festival once again on
solid ground, Coates said it has
inspired support. “This year we are
pleased to have CTV as the overall
media sponsor,” he said.
Another sponsor is Sparling’s.
“Both are keenly interested inpromoting not just the Festival, butthe community as a whole.”This year, the Festival’s request forfinancial support included a slightincrease for the young company.
“We have found that interest has
started to wane among kids who
need summer jobs, so we are starting
the program later. To counteract that
we will be going into the schools
earlier, through Sears and other
workshops,” said Coates.
The Young Company will perform
its show once they return to school.
Also, Coates said he was starting
to build a roster of techicians. “I’m
doing a series of workshops for high
school students to learn at no cost
how to run things like the new
lighting board. I may not have a job
for 10 of them in the season, but we
are being pro-active about providing
training for them.”
Overall, said Coates, things for the
year are looking “pretty rosy”.
General manager Jane Gardner
provided council with an activity
report that indicated more than 50
per cent of total revenue came from
fundraising.
Working in partnership with North
Huron there have been a number of
recognition opportunities named,
said Gardner. The township logo willbe featured on as many things aspossible. Recognition of municipalsupport will be done at the seasonlaunch April 20 and at the unveilingof the season poster.
North Huron will also be
recognized at the opening night gala
dinner on June 28.
A representative of council or staff
will receive one pair of tickets to
each opening night.
“We have a tremendous asset in
Memorial Hall and have agreed that
a partnership is needed to work
together to find money solutions” for
upcoming upkeep, said Gardner.
For example, she said, a total of
$6,000 has been raised with the
community for improvements to thelower hall. Clerk-administrator Kriss Snellsaid that he, along with director offinance/treasurer Donna White, anddirector of recreation/facilities Pat
Newson had met with Festival staff.
“It was a productive meeting. We
discussed the partnership and long-
term planning, looking at ways to
work with them to promote North
Huron and the Festival.”
Councillor Archie MacGowan
congratulated Coates and Gardner on
their successes. “It’s good news to
hear you’re doing so well.”
The amount of funding will be
considered during budget
deliberations.
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The winners
Branch 420 Blyth hosted the Legion Zone C -1 euchre tournament at the Blyth Community
Centre on Saturday, Jan. 20. From the 13 Royal Canadian Legion Branches in the Zone,
there were 44 teams competing. The top team, from left: Joan Rinkbeiner, Anne Armstrong,
Bob Cornish and Marilyn Riley, was from Branch 167 Exeter. They won 14 out of 18 games
to take home the trophy. The top 10 teams will advance to the District tournament to be
hosted by Branch 383 Tara, March 24. A total of 40 teams will be competing. Blyth had two
teams advancing: Elvis Vincent, Bill Glousher, Paul Pierce and Brent Brooks as well as Pat
Kenkins, Gord Jenkins, Thelma Johnston and Bill Nethery. (Photo submitted)
By Bonnie GroppThe CitizenBlyth Festival looking ‘pretty rosy’
NEWS
FROM BLYTH